The explanation given by "Malke" should be quite sufficient for you.

However, basically, all "Windows does in the background" is change a
registry value in the section that registers the given device, called
"ConfigFlags" from 1 to 0 that tells Windows not to enumerate this
device (to ignore it).

As Malke also said, this means the rest of the registration of the
given device can remain 'intact' so rather than have to reinstall the
device, you can simply re-enable it.


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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"savedomains" <savedomains.3udhre@news.home.local> wrote in message
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>
> Can some one please help me understand what really happens when I
> disable a device (say, my network adapter under network connections or
> do not use this device from device manager). I understand that the
> device will be disabled(I can not use) until I go back and enable it.
> I
> want to know what the OS does in the background. Is this any different
> for what bus (USB, PCI...etc) a device is connected to?
>
> I googled quite a bit and did not find any clear answer, everything I
> found shows how to do it not what happens in the background. If this
> info is published some where, please send me a link.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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